This Day in 1912 in The Record: Dec. 28, 1912

Saturday, Dec. 28, 1912. William Sulzer doesn't become governor of New York until Wednesday, but he already has visitors in Albany demanding his attention. One such group arrives in Albany today after walking all the way from New York City to demand voting rights for women.

The five "suffragette pilgrims" led by so-called "General" Rosalie Jones, set out from the metropolis 12 days ago. They started as a group of six, but one woman dropped out along the way. The pilgrims reach the state capital ahead of the governor-elect, who isn't expected in Albany until Monday. Jones hopes to put her message in Sulzer's hand at that time. Until then, she refuses to divulge its contents.

Jones is willing to talk to the press about her agenda, however. "I should like to have everyone form a New Year's resolution that they shall, at least, consider seriously the proposition of votes for women, if they are not at the present time absolutely in favor of it," she says tonight.

"We feel that we have touched the people along the line of march in a way that could have been effective by no other method. We feel that the people realize that this is no idle notion. A pilgrimage has always stood for the highest ideals of the cause it represents, and we are sure from the receptions we have been accorded that our march has not been in vain."

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The marchers enter Albany by way of East Greenbush, crossing the Hudson with Elizabeth M. Smith of the Albany Equal Suffrage Club as an escort. Two policemen and a sympathetic male doctor meet them on the other side before the pilgrims make a symbolic hike up the State Street hill to the Capitol.

"There was no demonstration during the march, although there was a bit of grumbling in the ranks at the extra tramp up Albany's steepest hill," a wire-service report notes.

STATE LEAGUE BASKETBALL. Troy is idle tonight after last night's loss to Gloversville, while the Cohoes five is on the road in Catskill. Despite a last-place record, coach Jimmy Williamson "now has a good team to represent Cohoes," according to the Sunday Northern Budget newspaper. The team's split of a Christmas double-header with Troy's defending champions seems to back up that claim.

In Catskill tonight, Cohoes "played the best game they have shown this season" in a losing effort. They lead at halftime, 8-7, thanks to stifling defense. They still lead with less than six minutes to play, but Catskill "took a brace," surging ahead for a 26-21 victory despite a Troy reporter's belief that Cohoes played a better game.